Insurance, Cat Bonds Can Help Boost Poorer Countries’ Resilience to Climate Risks December 1, 2023 By Alessandro Parodi, Simon Jessop and Libby George Low-income countries are struggling to access insurance, catastrophe bonds and other hedging mechanisms that could help protect them from the...
Black Employees File Federal Lawsuit Against Chicago Utility, Alleging Discrimination and Unsafe Working Conditions December 1, 2023 CHICAGO (AP) – A group of current and former employees at a Chicago utility have filed a federal lawsuit alleging...
Minneapolis Stores Sue City Over Neglect and Decreased Business in George Floyd Square December 1, 2023 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Several stores at the location where George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in 2020 have sued...
Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy December 1, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy...
Mississippi Delivery Driver Sues FedEx, This Time in State Court, After Shooting Incident December 1, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work...
Nigeria’s Worst Flood in Decade Caused Billions in Economic Damage December 1, 2023 By Ruth Olurounbi Nigerian floods last year that claimed hundreds of lives also caused up to $9 billion in damage, according to a...
People Moves: MS Amlin Promotes Forsyth to Head of Marine, Succeeding Humberstone; Generali GC&C Names Mediterranean, LatAm Managers as Part of Business Reorg December 1, 2023 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at MS Amlin and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C). A summary...
US Senate Committee Wants Investigation Into Florida Citizens’ Loss Reserves December 1, 2023 By William Rabb The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Budget Committee has begun an investigation into Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and how...
Business Execs Report Growing Employer, ESG Risk Concerns: Beazley December 1, 2023 By Allen Laman According to Beazley’s Spotlight on Business Risks report, 22% of global executives reported employer risk as the top business risk...
Brexit Backer and Inventor James Dyson Loses Libel Lawsuit Against UK Newspaper December 1, 2023 By Sam Tobin James Dyson, the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, lost a libel lawsuit on Friday against a British newspaper...